Great takeaways from your watching, penguinpower. The SDSU coaches comments make sense. History shows us that
(1) YSU has problems defending slants.
(2) Ruiz has fumblitis. Usually we tolerate this because he gets so many yards to offset his errors.
(3) We fall for trick plays. Always. Unfortunately, our field smarts aren't too good.
(4) Hunter is inexperienced.
With regard to (4), Hunter has shown a lot of cool so far. Assuming the OL can do its job, I am hoping they blitz and he remains calm--that would leave Williams, Berassa, and Stubbs open one-on-one. This and containment of Zenner will be the key to the game.
YSU defense has improved. There's now sometimes a legitimate pass rush, and third downs are now sometimes contested. The LBs are now playing like LBs--last year they were positioned too far behind the line. Occasionally a DB jumps the route and interferes with or even intercepts the pass.
The SDSU coach forgot our fair play policy. If we get a big lead, we slow down the pace and do lots of three-and-outs because our ethics require that we give our opponents a chance to catch up. Lots of teams have benefited from this.
